Nuclear Energy Czechoslovakia

When the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded five years ago this week and loosed a radioactive cloud over much of Europe, it also polarized European attitudes toward nuclear power. Nowhere is there a clearer fault line than along the border between Austria and Czechoslovakia. Here on the Czechoslovak side, an old, Soviet-designed nuclear plant pumps megawatts of electricity to the Slovak countryside.

When the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded five years ago this week and loosed a radioactive cloud over much of Europe, it also polarized European attitudes toward nuclear power. Nowhere is there a clearer fault line than along the border between Austria and Czechoslovakia. Here on the Czechoslovak side, an old, Soviet-designed nuclear plant pumps megawatts of electricity to the Slovak countryside.